Upgrade / Gloat??

[Bill Stoffels]

I had some old planes and upgraded to 4 Lie Neilsen's the 60-1/2, 4-1/2, 5-1/2
and the #8



to these

[Zach Dillinger]

I had some old planes and upgraded to 4 Lie Neilsen's the 60-1/2, 4-1/2, 5-1/2
and the #8



to these

A beautiful group, for sure. Congrats!

[Bill Stoffels]

if you were to purchase any nice plane highly recommend that you get the DVD on sharpening them , I bought the David Charlesworth and thought I knew all there was to know .
I WAS WRONG it helped me a lot
Bill

[Jim Koepke]

4-1/2, 5-1/2 and the #8

Looks like some serious heft for some serious work.

I like my Stanley 4-1/2 and 5-1/2.

jim

[Jacob Mac]

So how much of a difference have you found between the Stanleys and the LN planes?

[Will Blick]

So how much of a difference have you found between the Stanleys and the LN planes?

Hey, you stole my question :-)

[Bill Stoffels]

The stanleys did the job but it took a while to get the desired result, the LN's are more accurate in setting and I have spent a long time preparing each of the blades to my satisfaction.8 to 10 hours for the 4 of them
I would never go back but these I got at anywhere from 15% to 20% off so that made it a little better.
I like the weight of the LN's more, there easier to set and maintaing the setting . I get a better finish with the LN's

Granted they cost a LOT

Just an opinion
Bill

[Mike Cutler]

Nice planes Bill. I have three of the four LN planes you have pictured. (I have a #7 instead of a #8 though.)
I like the LN planes a lot. I also like my old MF's and Stanley's. I think a combination of "old" and "new" has a place in any shop. The biggest difference I've noticed between the older Stanley's, mine aren't bedrocks though, is the weight. The increased weight of the LN seems to make things easier for me to control. The block plane from LN gets my nod, having a few different block planes my LN is the better of the models I have.

Definitely a gloat.

[John Keeton]

Granted they cost a LOT

For a minute there, I thought you traded even up!!

Those pics certainly show a stark contrast - you gotta be pleased.

Congrats!

[Clay Thigpen]

The phrase "I've got to get me one of these!" comes to mind. So what are you going to do with the old ones?

[Bill Stoffels]

restore them for future use